OSU, USFS researchers use new method to track salmon, trout genetic diversity
Scientists at Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service have demonstrated that DNA extracted from water samples from rivers across Oregon…
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Federal lease allows OSU’s offshore wave energy testing facility to proceed this year
An Oregon State University-led project to build the nation’s first pre-permitted wave energy testing facility cleared a critical hurdle this week…
Continue ReadingBrown issues order targeting hotel price-gouging reports amid winter storm
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday issued Executive Order 21-03, declaring an abnormal market disruption as a result of the severe winter weather emergency…
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4 die in Clackamas County from carbon monoxide poisoning amid storm
As thousands of Oregonians remained without power in the Portland area and crews raced to restore service came word Tuesday that four people died…
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Oregon House GOP leader asks speaker to pause session due to mass outages
In an effort to “preserve public access” to the Oregon Legislature, the House Republican leader is urging the House speaker to pause the virtual…
Continue ReadingOregon’s lower COVID-19 counts continue; winter weather delays vaccines
There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,138, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Earthquake early warning system to roll out to Oregon next month, Wash. in May
The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert will be capable of delivering alerts directly to wireless…
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More than 200,000 still without power following icy NW storm
Tens of thousands of Oregonians remained without power Tuesday as crews raced to restore electricity after an icy weekend winter storm downed more…
Continue ReadingMerkley to chair Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Tuesday that he will serve as chair of the…
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Congressman hopes politics align on divisive Northwest dams
A Republican congressman has proposed removing four hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest as part of a sweeping plan to save salmon…
Continue ReadingStorm aftermath: Roof partially collapses at Troutdale grocery store
Part of the roof collapsed Monday at a Safeway store in Troutdale, east of Portland, but everyone made it out and no one was injured, authorities…
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Oregon again reports no new COVID-19 deaths; case count falls to 184 amid snow, ice
For a second straight day, there are no newly reported COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon and the state’s death toll remains at 2,137, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingOSU study: Melanoma patients respond to immunotherapy after changes to gut microbiome
Statistical modeling developed by Oregon State University researchers has confirmed that changes to melanoma patients’ gut microbiome led them to…
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Wildfire relief fund helps recovering Oregon communities
The 2020 wildfires devastated Oregon communities, burning more than a million acres and destroying many…
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Northwest snow, ice storm leaves at least 200,000 without power
At least 200,000 people are still without power in the Portland area after a winter storm blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and snow and made…
Continue ReadingOregon reports no new COVID-19 deaths for the first time since Dec. 26
There were no new COVID-19 related deaths reported in Oregon for the first time since Dec. 26, and the state’s death toll remains at 2,137, the…
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Hundreds of thousands without power in NW snow, ice storm; I-84 still closed
A winter storm has blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and snow, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power and prompting Oregon Gov.…
Continue ReadingWyden, Merkley issue statements on Trump impeachment acquittal
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following statements after Saturday’s Senate acquittal of former President Donald Trump on an…
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Oregon reports 43 more COVID-19 related deaths, 6 in C. Oregon; cases top 150K
There are 43 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, six in Central Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,137, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 38 more COVID-19 related deaths, including 3 in Deschutes Co.
There are 38 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,094, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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